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- We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of…
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- The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred… — Henry Adams
- True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation… — Joseph Addison
- If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. — Franz Boas
- Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose… — Seneca the Younger
- Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings. — Zhuge Liang
- A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- I believe that the teacher's place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is… — John Dewey
- The central problem of an education based upon experience is to select the kind of present experience that live fruitfully and creatively… — John Dewey